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Saturday, July 7, 1934
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The Headlines
Hot Wave Equals 16-Day Record; Mercury 92.1; Rain Again Promised; Death and Prostration Toll Rises Here as Expected Relief Fails -- Cool Weather Now Forecast for Tonight -- Near Freezing in the Northwest. HOT WAVE EQUALS 16-DAY MARK HERE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,571 days ago
(91 years, 356 days)